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Stage: Played Capt. Hook and Mr. Darling in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan", 1950, Imperial Theater, New York City, which ran for 321 performances.

Stage: Played Jonathan Brewster, the homicidal maniac who is upset because a plastic surgeon has made him look like Boris Karloff, in the original Broadway production of "Arsenic and Old Lace".

TV commercial: Volkswagen, 1967

TV commercial: A-1 Steak Sauce, 1968.

TV commercial: Ronson Lighters, 1968.

TV commercial: Butternut Coffee, 1968.

TV commercial: Schaeffer Pens, 1966.

Comic book: Lent his face and name to the comic book "Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery" which featured the actor narrating horror stories, Rod Serling-style. The comic continued to feature Karloff for more than a decade after his death.

Album: "The Pickwick Papers" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "The Pied Piper/The Hunting of the Snark" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "The Pony Engine and Other Stories for Children" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "The Reluctant Dragon" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and Other Tales" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Rudyard Kipling's More Just So Stories" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Rudyard Kipling's Other Just So Stories" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Tales of the Frightened, Vol 1" (Mercury, 1963)

Album: "Tales of the Frightened, Vol. 2" (Mercury, 1963)

Album: "The Three Little Pigs and Other Fairy Tales" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "The Ugly Duckling" (Caedmon Records, 1958)

Album: "Peter Pan" (Columbia, 1950)

Album: "Peter and the Wolf" (Childcraft)

Album: "Original Music of "Thriller" (1960) (Time Records, 1961)

Album: "Mother Goose" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Mad Monster Party!" (RCA)

Album: "The Little Match Girl" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Let's Listen to Stories" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle" (Pickwick)

Album: "Kipling's Jungle Book: Toomai of the Elephants" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Kipling's Jungle Book: How Fear Came" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Just So Stories" (Musical Heritage Society, 1984)

Album: "Inner Sanctum" (Pelican)

Album: "How the Alphabet Was Made and Other Just So Stories" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Gunga Din and Other Poems" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "The Great Radio Horror Shows" (Murray Hill)

Album: "An Evening with Boris Karloff and His Friends" (Decca, 1967)

Album: "Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (MGM, 1967)

Album: "The Daydreamer" (Columbia, 1966)

Album: "Classics of English Poetry for the Elementary Curriculum" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Come My Laurie with Me / He Is There" (MOL)

Album: "Cymbeline" (Caedmon Records)

Album: "Birdsong for a Murderer" (Pelican)

Album: "The Baby Sitter" (Radiola)

Album: "Best Loved Fairy Tales" (Childcraft)

Album: "Arsenic and Old Lace" (Command Performance)

Album: "Aesop's Fables" (Caedmon Records)

Stage: "The Devil" (as "Hoffman), Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "East Lynne", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "Charley's Aunt", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "Way Down East", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "Paid in Full". Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "The Fortune Hunter", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "Bought and Paid For", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "Baby Mine", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "What Happened to Jones?", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "Why Smith Left Home", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "The Parish Priest", Canada, early 1900s.

Stage: "The Virginian" (1917) (as Trampas; tour of Western U.S.)

Stage: "Hotel Imperial", Los Angeles/San Francisco, 1920s.

Stage: "The Virginian". Los Angeles/San Francisco, 1920s.

Stage: "The Idiot" (1926), Los Angeles/San Francisco.

Stage: "Window Panes" (1928, as "Artem Tiapkin"), Los Angeles/San Francisco.

Stage: "Kongo" (1929, as "Kregg"), Los Angeles/San Francisco.

Stage: "The Criminal Code" (1930, as "Ned Galloway"), Los Angeles/San Francisco.

Stage: Appeared (as "Jonathan Brewster") in "Arsenic and Old Lace" on Broadway (1941). Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre on 25 Sep 1943 to close): 10 Jan 1941-17 Jun 1944 (1444 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Martha Brewster"), John Alexander (as "Teddy Brewster"), Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Dr. Harper"), Helen Brooks, Bruce Gordon, Henry Herbert (as "Mr. Gibbs"), Josephine Hull, Allyn Joslyn (as "Mortimer Brewster"), William Parke, John Quigg, Anthony Ross, Edgar Stehli, Victor Sutherland. Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

Stage: "On Borrowed Time" (1946) (as Gramps; Los Angeles and San Francisco)

Stage: "The Linden Tree" (1948, as Professor Linden; New York).

Stage: "The Shop at Sly Corner" (1949, as Descius Heiss; New York)

Stage: "Peter Pan (1950-51) (as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook; New York and U.S tour)

The Lark (1955). Drama. Written by Jean Anouilh. Book adapted by Lillian Hellman. Incidental music by Leonard Bernstein. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Alvin Colt. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Assistant Scenic Design: John Harvey. Assistant Costume Design: Frank Spencer. Directed by Joseph Anthony. Longacre Theatre: 17 Nov 1955- 2 Jun 1956 (229 performances). Cast: Julie Harris (as "Joan"), Theodore Bikel (as "Robert de Beaudricourt"), Boris Karloff (as "Cauchon"), Christopher Plummer (as "Warwick"), Joseph Wiseman (as "The Inquisitor"), Vincent Beck, Joe Bernard, Charles Bressler, Arthur Burrows, Michael Conrad (as "A Monk/A Soldier"), Ward Costello (as "Joan's Father"), Roger De Koven (as "The Promoter"), Joan Elan, Bruce Gordon, Edgar Grower, Jean Hakes, Michael Higgins, Ann Hillary, Lois Holmes, Milton Katselas, Edward Knight, Elizabeth Lawrence, William Lennard, Brayton Lewis, Ruth Maynard, Richard Nicholls, Russell Oberlin, Michael Price, John Reese, Ralph Roberts, Paul Roebling (as "The Dauphin"), Pauline Seim, Rita Vale, Betty Wilson. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.

Radio: Guest on "The Camel Comedy Caravan" show, 1944.

Radio: Guest on "Duffy's Tavern" show, 1/12/45.

Radio: Guest on "Suspense" show, episode "Drury's Bones", 11/12/45.

Radio: Guest on "The Fred Allen Show", 10/14/45

Radio: Guest on "Hildegarde's Radio Room", 11/23/45.

Radio: Guest on "Textron Theatre" show, episode "No Title", 12/8/45.

Radio: Appeared on "Theatre Guild on the Air" show, episodes "The Emperor Jones", "Where the Cross Is Made" (11/11/1945), "The Perfect Alibi" (5/29/1949), "David Copperfield" (12/24/1950), "Oliver Twist" (2/24/1952), "The Sea Wolf" (4/27/1952)

Radio: Guest on "Showstoppers", 1946

Radio: Guest on "That's Life", 11/8/46

Radio: Guest on "The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre" show, scene from "Arsenic and Old Lace", 11/25/46

Radio: Gues on "The Jack Benny Program", 1/19/47

Radio: Guest on "Philco Radio Time", 10/29/47

Radio: Guest on "The Jimmy Durante Show" program, 12/10/47.

Radio: Guest on "The Kraft Music Hall" show, 12/28/47

Radio: Guest on "The NBC University Theatre: The History of Mr. Polly" show, 10/17/48

Radio: Guest on "The Sealtest Dorothy Lamour Show" program, 10/28/48. Also appeared on 10/28/48, 6/23/49.

Radio: Appeared on "Truth or Consequences" show, 10/30/48.

Radio: Appeared on "Starring Boris Karloff": Five Golden Guineas (9/21/1949), The Mask (9/28/1949), Mungahara (10/5/1949), Mad Illusion (10/12/1949), Perchance to Dream (10/19/1949), The Devil Takes a Bride (10/ 26/1949), The Moving Finger (11/2/1949), The Twisted Path (11/9/ 1949), False Face (11/16/1949), Cranky Bill (11/23/1949), Three O'Clock (11/30/1949), The Shop at the Corner (12/7/1949), The Night Reveals (12/14/1949)

Radio: Host of "Boris Karloff's Treasure Chest", 1950.

Radio: Guest on "Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel" (1/13/1950), (7/21/1950)

Radio: Appeared on "Phillip Morris Playhouse on Broadway"": Journey to Nowhere (2/10/ 1952), Outward Bound (6/1/1952), Man Against You (12/10/1952), Dead Past (4/15/1953), Shop at Sly Corner (6/17/1953)

Radio: Guest on "The MGM Musical Comedy Theatre" (11/26/1952)

Radio: Guest on "The Play of His Choice: Hanging Judge" (12/1953)

Radio: Host of "Tales From the Reader's Digest", 12/16/1953, 1956-1968

Radio: Guest on 'Recollections at 30" (9/26/1956)

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Radio: Guest on "The Breck Sunday Showcase" (4/3/1960)

Radio: Host of "Karloff" (5/12/1961), (10/20/1961)

Radio: Guest on "Everyman's Theatre"

Radio: Appeared on "Fleischman Hour" show in a scene from "The Bells", 2/6/36

Radio: Appeared on "Hollywood on Parade" show, 1/17/34

Radio: Appeared on the "Fleischmann Hour" in a scene from "Death Takes a Holiday", 10/11/34

Radio: Appeared on "Shell Chateau" show in a scene from "Green Goddess" (8/31/1935)

Radio: 9/3/36: Appeared on "Royal Gelatin Hour" show in a scene from "Resurrection (11/11/37); "Danse Macabre" (5/5/38); "Resurrection" (4/6/39).

Radio: Appeared on "The Camel Hour" show in a scene from "Death Takes a Holiday", 1937

Radio: Appeared on "The Chase and Sanborn Hour" show in a scene from "The Evil Eye" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", 1/39

Radio: Appeared on "Lights Out" in the episodes "Cat Wife" (3/28/1938), "The Dream" (3/23/1938), "Valse Triste" (3/30/1938), "Three Matches" (4/13/1938), "Night on the Mountain" (4/20/1938), "Reviving the Corpsez" (7/16/1947), "The Undead" (7/23/1947), "Jilted by a Girl" (7/30/1947), No Title (8/6/1947)

Radio: Appeared on "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge" show, 12/25/40

Radio: Appeared on the "Stars on Parade" show in a scene from "The Big Man", 1941; also appeared on 5/4/51.

Radio: Appeared as a panelist on "Information Please" show on 12/24/45 and again on 1/24/41, 2/20/42 and 12/34/45.

Radio: Appeared on "Kate Smith Hour" show, 3/7/41

Radio: Appeared on "Inner Sanctum Mystery" show on the episodes [No Title] (3/16/1941), "Death in the Zoo" (4/6/1941), "Fog" (4/20/1941), "The Imperfect Crime" (5/11/1941), "Fall of the House of Usher" (6/1/1941), "The Green Eyed Bat" (6/22/1941), "The Tell-Tale Heart" (8/3/1941), "Terror on Bailey Street" (10/26/1941), [No Title] (4/19/1942), "A Study in Murder" (5/3/42), "The Corridor of Doom" (10/23/1945), "The Man Who Couldn't Die" (10/31/1945), "The Wailing Wall" (11/5/1945), "Birdsong for a Murderer" (6/22/1952), "Death for Sale" (7/13/1952).

Radio: Appeared on "United Press on the Air" show, 7/11/41

Radio: Appeared on "Guest Star" show, 9/12/48

Radio: Host/narrator of "Creeps By Night" show, 2/15/44-6/15/44

Footage of him as the Monster - complete with dialogue from Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - is incorporated into the opening credits of the series "Weird Science" (1994).

Footage of him from the original Frankenstein (1931) is featured in a major scene in Doctor Who (1996) (TV).

Books: (1) Tales of Terror/edited & intro. by BK/World Publ. Co., NY, c. 1943.

(4) The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology/edited by BK/Ensign, London, c. 1965.

(3) Boris Karloff Present Tales of the Frightened/co-edited by BK/Avalon, NY, c. 1963.

(2) And the Darkness Fall/edited, intro. & notes by BK/World Publ Co., Cleveland, c. 1946.

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